[dohertyjazz]

Hey Folks,

I put up a transcription of Chris Potter playing Boogie Stop Shuffle that some of you might be interested in. It's the recording from his album 'Pure' (not the insane one from Lift, though that is in the pipeline).

So Killing, Man! is a new blog I just launched dedicated to the study of improvisational music through transcription and analysis. We post every Sunday so please check back for more!

Let me know what you guys think

Ben

 

[milnak]

Absolutely fantastic! Your hard work isn't in vain. Thanks much.

 

[dohertyjazz]

Thanks Milnak, I appreciate it!

 

[jlima]

Great work, thank you very much! Could you please clarify the meaning of the acronyms that you use in your analysis? Sorry for my ignorance...

 

[daigle65]

Excellent job !

I love the lick he uses at bar 33/34 and again at 201/202, the Fm7 against the G7.

 

[DukeCity]

Great transcription, Ben. Thanks for posting, and thanks also for your analysis.

In bars 25 and 27, where the "C" theme comes in, it sounds like Chris plays B natural to C at the end of those bars, and you have those pitches reversed (same thing at the end of the track). Sorry to pick a nit, but...

Thanks again for your work and for sharing it. Looking forward to seeing your blog grow!

 

[dohertyjazz]

Great work, thank you very much! Could you please clarify the meaning of the acronyms that you use in your analysis? Sorry for my ignorance...

Thanks jlima! I have a key in the upper left corner of page one, but looking at it now it's a little incomplete (also my handwriting can be difficult to decipher sometimes :-/).

AT, CAT, UAP, LAT = Approach tone, Chromatic Approach Tone, Upper Approach Tone, Lower Approach Tone,
GT = Guide Tone, I use this for showing 3rds and 7ths that resolve to other chord tones
NT, UN, LN = Neighbor Tone, Upper Neighbor, Lower Neighbor
PT = Passing Tone
Ant = Anticipation
RV = Rhythmic Variation

Brackets indicate a couple different things
1. Step Motion within a phrase - see mm. 91 - 92 is an example
2. a pattern or repetition of a phrase or some element of a phrase - mm 33 - 34 shows a 3 note pattern that is used to build the phrase.

I hope that helps! It's been a while since I've done an analysis like this so I'm a little rusty

 

[dohertyjazz]

Great transcription, Ben. Thanks for posting, and thanks also for your analysis.

In bars 25 and 27, where the "C" theme comes in, it sounds like Chris plays B natural to C at the end of those bars, and you have those pitches reversed (same thing at the end of the track). Sorry to pick a nit, but...

Thanks again for your work and for sharing it. Looking forward to seeing your blog grow!

Hah, great catch! That actually answers a question I had with how that B natural functions in that phrase. That makes much more sense as an approach note to the C. Thanks for pointing that out!

 

[dohertyjazz]

Anyone care to take a stab at analyzing the following section (particularly measures 105-113)? I am quite interested to see what other people make of it.

 

[silverselmer]

Awesome site with great transcriptions. Thanks for hooking us up!

 

[jlima]

Thanks jlima! I have a key in the upper left corner of page one, but looking at it now it's a little incomplete (also my handwriting can be difficult to decipher sometimes :-/).

AT, CAT, UAP, LAT = Approach tone, Chromatic Approach Tone, Upper Approach Tone, Lower Approach Tone,
GT = Guide Tone, I use this for showing 3rds and 7ths that resolve to other chord tones
NT, UN, LN = Neighbor Tone, Upper Neighbor, Lower Neighbor
PT = Passing Tone
Ant = Anticipation
RV = Rhythmic Variation

Brackets indicate a couple different things
1. Step Motion within a phrase - see mm. 91 - 92 is an example
2. a pattern or repetition of a phrase or some element of a phrase - mm 33 - 34 shows a 3 note pattern that is used to build the phrase.

I hope that helps! It's been a while since I've done an analysis like this so I'm a little rusty

Very, very helpful, thank you again. This is actually one of the few (if not THE only) Chris Potter CD that I don't own. So now I must get it!